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“The Monster Collection” (Collector’s Edition) will officially be coming to Blu-ray Disc on July 13th via Doppelgänger Releasing, a genre label of Music Box Films. This 3-Disc box set includes two documentaries: “The Frankenstein Complex” (2015) and “Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters” (2019). Both documentaries were directed by Gilles Penso and Alexandre Poncet. If you’re a fan of horror, fantasy, and science fiction films you’ll definitely be interested in these documentaries that take a look at the design of famous creatures and characters from motion pictures. These documentaries feature some excellent interviews with famous special effects artists and directors such as Rick Baker, Guillermo del Toro, Joe Dante, Mick Garris, John Landis, Greg Nicotero, Kevin Smith, Chris Wallas, Phil Tippett, Dennis Muren, Tom Woodruff Jr., Matt Winston, and Paul Verhoeven. Tech specs for the release have not yet been detailed.

UPDATE: You can now find this Blu-ray set available for preorder over at Amazon.

There will be over 12 hours total of bonus materials included with this 3-Disc box set, which are listed entirely below.

• Feature Commentary with Phil Tippett and directors Alexandre Poncet and Gilles Penso
• “Meeting the Monsters” Making Of Documentary
• Prehistoric Beast (1985) a short film by Phil Tippett with audio commentary
• Mutant Land (2010) a short film by Phil Tippett with audio commentary
• Phil Tippett Museum: A Virtual Gallery of Tippett Creations
• Joy of Working with Phil: Interview with Paul Verhoeven
• Phil Will Fix This!: Interview with Joe Johnston
• Animating with Phil: Interview with Tom St. Amand
• Phil’s Vision: Interview with Chris Wallas
• Friendship, Robots, and Dinosaurs: Interview with Dennis Muren
•  From Stop-Motion to Computer: Interview with Craig Hayes
•  Memories and Archives with Phil Tippett
• Dinosaur Supervisor (Jurassic Park) with Phil Tippett
• Starship Troopers 2 with Phil Tippet and Jon Davison
• “Dinosaur!” with Paul Verhoevenand Jon Davison
• Mutant Fish (Piranha) with Joe Dante (1978)
• Modern Craftsmanship with Alec Gillis-Robot Design with Craig Hayes
• The Birth of a Poster with Paul Wee
• Musical Storytelling with Alexandre Poncet
• Mad Dreams and Monsters Isolated Musical Score
• “The Frankenstein Odyssey” Making Of Documentary
• “Digital Craftmanship” Post-Production featurette
• The Frankenstein Complex Musical Score
• Master Class with Guillermo Del Toro
• An Extended Conversation with John Landis and Joe Dante
• An Extended Conversation with Mick Garris
• An Extended Conversation with Steve Johnson and John Vulich
• Q&A with Joe Dante, Alexandre Poncet and Gilles Penso
• Inside the Lair of Rick Baker
• Inside the Lair of Tom Woodruff and Alec Gillis
• Paper Monsters: The Art of Charles Chiodo
• Living With Monsters: The Art of Kevin Yagh
• Sympathy for the Devil: Interview with Bernard Rose
• The Gremlins Pool: Interview with Sacha Feiner interview
• From Latex to Pixels: The Art of Gino Acevedo
• The Beauty and the Beasts: The Art of Ve Neill
• Deleted and Alternate Scenes
• Photo Galleries
• Theatrical Trailers

Below, after the break, you can find the trailers for the two documentaries as well as the full information regarding the release itself.

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